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!aIvttliSwmie ms niiiiK eyes spuruie u mi a \ * merry iiiul not unkindly light.He stood tip in the duck, ami coolly • fi ii! ini/.'*-l tin* spectators before the rli trge was read to Itiin yesterday morning..liiiin 11. (iardiier, tin* intei pietcr.asked iiiin by tin* order of tin* court, ifIn- hail .111v lawyer.• %Tito prisoner replied in tin* negative, ami remarked that he did not need one. lie was not sure, but in* did not think that his friends had engaged anyone.•f o *Supt. Slu-pparil.said that he had made careful enquiry, hut could not timl asingle friend of the prisoner. They all seemed to have deserted him.Mr. (Jarduer then informed the mi fortunate wretch of the nature of the •barge against him, and asked him whether lie was “guilty or “not guilty.••( iuiliv,” replied the prisoner with perfect composure, and in good Mugiish.The reoept ion of evidence was then proceeded with.(Miicer Thomas deposed to arresting the prisoner in the kitchen of the American hotel. .\ir. Burnes told him that i his w as the man who was suspected of the murder of a ('hine.se woman on Fis-ganl street on Sunday last. Brought the prisoner to the city lockup and charged him with the murder of You (‘mu. 1 le admitted tlmt he killed thewoman and said that he did the deed with a big fish knife. (Clothes worn by t heprisoner produced and identified by t heoflieer). Tlieprisoner said tlml after committing the murder he threwtPuPPo»01hna I w rlt;aiPg1plat\PtistuOlthe knife away. The right sleeve of ids aouter coat was covered with Mood stains, as also was the left sleeve of theundergarment. (Prisoner's hat produceil). Saw stains upon the prisoner’s hat; and also hlood on hoth of iiis stockings, the most blood being on the light stocking. Saw the prisoner take ofl the clothes produced. Had seen the murdered woman since her death. The wound was on the left side of the neck.When in the lockup, the prisoner stated that he had killed the woman. Had drawn her head out of the window,holding her hy the hair with his left» * »hand, while he struck her on the neck with the knife held in his right hand. Thought that the Mood stains on the left slee\ e w ere caused b\ his holding the victim's head while lie committed the deed.The evidence was interpreted to theawd:ciew“Iini»lolaiIve\tlwoiscsc
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Victoria Daily British Colonist
Victoria, British Columbia, CA
Thu, May 16, 1889
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